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Arts & Entertainment Back Bay Currituck Kempsville Knotts Island Oceanfront Virginia Beach

From the Editor: Looking at how to grow this paper, where to put limited resources; covering voting system changes

February 13, 2022February 27, 2022 The Independent News

Ed. — From the Sunday, Feb. 13, print edition. BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE BACK BAY — Knotts Island, N.C., was one of the first places I

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Arts & Entertainment Currituck Gibbs Woods Knotts Island North Carolina

The Knotts Island Peach Festival makes its sweet return

June 23, 2021 The Independent News

BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE KNOTTS ISLAND, N.C. — It is festival time on the island, and members of the Knotts Island Ruritan Club are

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Agriculture Currituck Knotts Island

A big turnout for this year’s Peach Festival, which benefits charitable work in the island community

August 15, 2019September 15, 2019 The Independent News

BY SHELLY SLOCUM KNOTTS ISLAND, N.C. — The very first Knotts Island Peach Festival took place July 27-28, 1987.  Thirty-two years later, people gathered on

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Arts & Entertainment Currituck North Carolina

A big turnout for this year’s Peach Festival, which benefits charitable work in the island community

August 9, 2019October 27, 2019 The Independent News

Ed. — This story originally ran in the Aug. 9 print edition. BY SHELLY SLOCUM KNOTTS ISLAND, N.C. —The very first Knotts Island Peach Festival

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Arts & Entertainment Business Currituck Knotts Island

Amid the Peach Festival, a local barber went to work

August 8, 2018August 8, 2018 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE KNOTTS ISLAND, N.C. — Bryce Tyler Wootton, a 28-year-old licensed master barber, moved back home to the island in May after several

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Pungo Tales: The Pungo Strawberry Festival, our community celebration

May 23, 2018May 23, 2018 The Independent News

BY WALTER A. WHITEHURST PUNGO — The Pungo Strawberry Festival, which will take place this weekend, May 25-27, began in 1983 and has continued to

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Arts & Entertainment Knotts Island North Carolina

Knotts Island Peach Festival celebrates and supports community

June 25, 2015June 26, 2021 The Independent News

[Correction: An earlier version of this story misidentified Buzzy Williams. We regret the error.] BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE RED MILL — After putting up a giant sign

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